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Cryptography and Network Security

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A substitution cipher substitutes one symbol with

a)

a.Keys

b)

b.Others

c)

c.Multi Parties

d)

d.Single Party

2.

An asymmetric-key (or public-key) cipher uses

a)

a.1 Key

b)

b.2 Key

c)

c.3 Key

d)

d.4 Key

3.

We use Cryptography term to transforming messages to make them secure and immune to

a)

a.Change

b)

b.Idle

c)

c.Attacks

d)

d.Defend

4.

The shift cipher is sometimes referred to as the

a)

a.Caesar cipher

b)

b.Shift cipher

c)

c.cipher

d)

d.cipher text

5.

The full form of OSI is OSI model is ______________

a)

a) Open Systems Interconnection

b)

b) Open Software Interconnection

c)

c) Open Systems Internet

d)

d) Open Software Internet

6.

When you use the word _____ it means you are protecting your data from getting disclosed.

a)

a) Confidentiality

b)

b) Integrity

c)

c) Authentication

d)

d) Availability

7.

______ means the protection of data from modification by unknown users.

a)

a) Confidentiality

b)

b) Integrity

c)

c) Authentication

d)

d) Non-repudiation

8.

_______ of information means, only authorised users are capable of accessing the information.

a)

a) Confidentiality

b)

b) Integrity

c)

c) Non-repudiation

d)

d) Availability

9.

Why these 4 elements (confidentiality, integrity, authenticity & availability) are considered fundamental?

a)

a) They help understanding hacking better

b)

b) They are key elements to a security breach

c)

c) They help understands security and its components better

d)

d) They help to understand the cyber-crime better

10.

This helps in identifying the origin of information and authentic user. This referred to here as __________

a)

a) Confidentiality

b)

b) Integrity

c)

c) Authenticity

d)

d) Availability

11.

Data ___________ is used to ensure confidentiality.

a)

a) Encryption

b)

b) Locking

c)

c) Deleting

d)

d) Backup

12.

Data integrity gets compromised when _____ and _____ are taken control off.

a)

a) Access control, file deletion

b)

b) Network, file permission

c)

c) Access control, file permission

d)

d) Network, system

13.

The substitutional cipers are

a)

a.Monoalphabatic

b)

b.Sami alphabetic

c)

c.polyalphabetic

d)

d.both a and c

14.

In Cryptography, the original message, before being transformed, is called

a)

a.Simple Text

b)

b.Plain Text

c)

c.Empty Text

d)

d.Filled Text

15.

Encrypt "cryptosystem" with key 7 using Shift Cipher

a)

jygwhvjfkalt

b)

jyfuarzfzopt

c)

jyfwavzfzalt

d)

jyfwaerfzret

16.

Encrypt "goodday" with "say" using Vigenere cipher

a)

yomtyyq

b)

yomvdyq

c)

yotvyyth

d)

yrmvhyh

17.

Encrypt "attack" with "fall" using Playfair Cipher

a)

BRRBER

b)

BERBFP

c)

BRFFFP

d)

BRRBFP

18.
When the user damages data or equipment unintentionally
a)
Malicious Threats
b)
Accidental Threats
c)
Physical Security Threats
d)
Data Security Threats
19.
Events or attacks that steal, damage, or destroy equipments.
a)
Malicious Threats
b)
Accidental Threats
c)
Data Security Threats
d)
Physical Security Threats
20.
Events or attacks that remove, corrupt, deny access to, allow access to, or steal information.
a)
Malicious Threats
b)
Accidental Threats
c)
Data Security Attacks
d)
Physical Security Attacks
21.
These are are created with malicious intent and sent by attackers
a)
Trojan Horse
b)
Worm
c)
Virus
22.
It is a self-replicating program that is harmful to networks.
a)
Worm
b)
Trojan Horse
c)
Virus
23.
It help prevent attackers from monitoring or recording traffic between resources and computers.
a)
Data Encryption
b)
Firewall
c)
Antivirus
24.
Why do you need security on a computer?
a)
So no personal data can’t  be stolen and hacked also private information
b)
To share  everything with everyone
c)
To make it difficult for hackers
25.
A strong password is better with;
a)
A simple password based on interests.
b)
A password no one would relate to you but you can remember.
c)
A complicated password you may forget.
d)
A combination of letters, numbers & special characters
26.
What is the definition of a brute force attack?
a)
Repeatedly trying usernames/passwords to access a system
b)
Physically threatening someone to give up personal information
c)
Physically breaking into a device to hack it
d)
Being a very strong hacker
27.
Encryption is a way of 
a)
Securing information on a network
b)
Securing Viruses
c)
Deleting applications
d)
Hacking Passwords
28.

__________ refers to the network command for how to format the conversation between two devices.

a)

Addressing

b)

Protocol

c)

Media

d)

Domain

29.

The security professional’s interest in __________ lies in defining the points that allow access for investigation, interruption, and attacks

a)

network structures

b)

network devices

c)

network traffics

d)

network segmentation

30.

__________ architecture uses a limited set of internet holding servers known as the “root” domain servers, which now house “.com”, “.org”, “.gov”, and so on.

a)

Hosting

b)

IPv6 address

c)

Domain name service

d)

MAC address

31.

Who was the first know user of the Caesar Cipher?

a)

Caesar Romanus

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Alan Turing

d)

There isn't one

32.

In Cryptography, original message, before being transformed, is called

a)

Simple Text

b)

Plain Text

c)

Cipher Text

d)

Filled Text

33.

An encryption algorithm transforms plain text into:

a)

Cipher text

b)

Simple Text

c)

Empty Text

d)

Plain Text

34.

_______ is the science and art of transforming messages to make them secure and immune to attacks.

a)

Cryptography

b)

Cryptoanalysis

c)

neither Cryptography nor Cryptoanalysis

d)

either Cryptography or Cryptoanalysis

35.

A(n) ______ algorithm transforms cipher text to plain text.

a)

Encryption

b)

Decryption

36.

The _______ is a number or a set of numbers on which the cipher operates.

a)

secret

b)

cipher

c)

key

d)

none of the mentioned

37.
What is encryption?
a)
When you put data / text into code making it difficult to read or understand.
b)
A secret or disguised way of writing; a code.
c)
A formal language designed to communicate instructions to a machine
d)
What is put in, taken in, or operated on by any process or system.
38.

A method for determining a solution to a problem by sequentially testing all possible solutions.

a)

brute force

b)

relative frequency

c)

cipher

d)

paired keys

39.

A cipher is _________________________.

a)

a person who makes up secret codes

b)

an algorithm that is used to scramble text so that it can be passed in secret

c)

a lock that can be used to lock a message in a lock box

d)

any puzzle, such as a crossword or Sudoku puzzle

40.

The process of converting a ciphertext into plaintext.

a)

encryption

b)

decryption

c)

plaintext

d)

cryptography

41.

DES follows

a)

Hash Algorithm

b)

Caesars Cipher

c)

Feistel Cipher Structure

d)

SP Networks

42.

The DES Algorithm Cipher System consists of (a)   rounds (iterations) each with a round key

43.

Data Encryption Standard (DES) uses a __________.

a)

Stream Cipher

b)

Bit Cipher

c)

Block Cipher

d)

Substitution Cipher

44.

In the DES algorithm the round key is __________ bit and the Round Input is ____________bits.

a)

a) 48, 32

b)

b) 64,32

c)

c) 56, 24

d)

d) 32, 32

45.

In the DES algorithm the Round Input is 32 bits, which is expanded to 48 bits via ____________

a)

P-box

b)

Expansion P-box

c)

S- box

d)

Expansion S-box

46.

Which of the following is a mode of operation for the Block ciphers in cryptography?

a)

Electronic Code Book (ECB)

b)

Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)

c)

Counter (CTR) mode

d)

All of the above

47.

During decryption, we use the Inverse Initial Permutation (IP-1) before the IP.

a)

true

b)

false

48.

The Initial Permutation table/matrix is of size

a)

16x8

b)

12x8

c)

8x8

d)

4x8

49.

Euclid’s algorithm is used for finding __________

a)

GCD of 2 nos.

b)

GCD of more than 3 nos.

c)

LCM of 2 nos.

d)

LCM of more than 2 nos.

50.

If 4 is the GCD of 16 and 12, What is the GCD of 12 and 4?

a)

12

b)

6

c)

4

d)

2

51.

What is the formula for Euclidean algorithm?

a)

GCD (m,n) = GCD (n, m mod n)

b)

GCD(m,n,o,p) = GCD (m, m mod n, o, p mod o)

c)

LCM (m,n,o,p) = LCM (m, m mod n, o, p mod o)

52.

The acronym AES stands for?

a)

American Encryption Standard

b)

Advanced Encryption System

c)

Advanced Encryption Standard

d)

Advanced Encryption Standard

53.

Which of the following modes of operations can be followed for both stream ciphers as well as block ciphers?

a)

CBC (Cipher Block Chaining)

b)

ECB (Electronic Code Book)

c)

CFB (Cipher text Feed Back)

d)

All of the above

54.

In substitution techniques the plain text letters are substituted with ----------

a)

Another letter

b)

Binary number

c)

Reverse of the plain text

d)

None of these

55.

In transposition the plain text letters are --------------

a)

replaced with binary numbers

b)

reversed every time

c)

Rearranged.

d)

none of these

56.

if the sender and receiver uses same key to encrypt and decrypt, then it is called as-----

a)

Asymmetric crypto system

b)

Symmetric Crypto System

c)

Both

d)

None

57.

The ------------ converts one block of plain text into one block of cipher text at a time.

a)

Caesar cipher

b)

Stream cipher

c)

Block cipher

d)

Play fair cipher

58.

Rail Fence Technique is an example of

a)

Substitution

b)

Transposition

c)

Product cipher

d)

Caesar cipher

59.

The process to discover plain text or key is known as:

a)

Crypto design

b)

Crypto processing

c)

Cryptanalysis

d)

Crypto graphic

60.

Use Caesar’s Cipher to decipher the following

HQFUBSWHG WHAW

a)

ABANDONED LOCK

b)

ENCRYPTED TEXT

c)

ABANDONED TEXT

d)

ENCRYPTED LOCK

61.

________ prevents either sender or receiver from denying a transmitted

message.

a)

Access Control

b)

Non repudiation

c)

Masquerade

d)

Integrity

62.

7. Security mechanism is ensured by ___.

a)

Detect attack

b)

Prevent attack

c)

Recover attack

d)

All of the above

63.

1.     In an asymmetric -key cipher, the sender uses the …………….key

a)

Private

b)

Public

c)

none of the above

64.

In an asymmetric -key cipher, the receiver uses the …………….key

a)

Private

b)

Public

c)

none of the above

65.

1.     One commonly used public-key cryptography method is the …………………….algorithm

(a)  

66.

In public key cryptosystem which is kept as public?

a)

     Encryption keys

b)

     Decryption keys

c)

     Encryption and Decryption keys

d)

   None of the above

67.

A cryptographic hash function has variable output length.

a)

True

b)

False

68.

          ........................... is a famous technological medium for the spread of malware,facing problems of spam, & phishing attacks.

a)

Cloud

b)

Website

c)

Pen drive

d)

email

69.

In RSA, Ф(n) = in terms of p and q

a)

(p)/(q)

b)

(p)(q)

c)

(p-1)(q-1)

d)

(p+1)(q+1)

70.

Application of Diffie Hellman Algorithm

a)

Secure Shell (SSH)

b)

Transport Layer Security (TLS)

c)

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

d)

All the given options

71.

Key Management process involves

a)

key generation,

b)

Storage

c)

key generation only

d)

Both Key generation and storage

72.

Public announcement is an (a)   public key distribution

73.

Publicly available directory contains (a)   entries

74.

public key certificate binds

a)

public key and identifier of the key owner

b)

identifier of the key owner and sign of the trusted third party

c)

public key and identifier of the key owner and signature

d)

none

75.

(a)   used to identify transaction uniquely

76.

Authentication Requirements

a)

Disclosure

b)

Content Modification

c)

Masquerade

d)

All of the given options